Russian drones enter Romanian airspace during attack on Izmail, Odesa region – Digi24

During the attack on Izmail, Odesa region, on August 2, Russian drones flew into the territory of Romania. Residents say that one of the drones fell into the forest.

Digi24 reported this concerning the mayor of the Chatalkioi commune in Tulcea, Tudor Cherneg.

The head of the commune shared the impressions that residents received and experienced during the UAV attack on Izmail.

As Chernega said, residents reported that drones flew over their houses, and one drone fell into the forest. However, it was not possible to find its wreckage.

"Residents confirm that drones flew in a straight line over houses in Cetalkio. The fear is immense. No wreckage of the drone has been located.

Some local residents and sailors testify that a drone fell in the forest. They searched but found nothing. You don't even have a road in that thicket," explained the commune's mayor.

According to him, the fact that the drones flew over the houses only confirms that they were flying from several directions to confuse the air defense.

"When there were rumors that a drone had fallen on our territory, there was panic because their accuracy is not high. People were scared; windows were broken because the shock wave spread very strongly through the swampy area, creating the impression of an earthquake. When it was seen that they were shooting machine guns, the panic was very great," summed up the mayor.

Chernega emphasized that, at this time, everything has normalized. He added that such problems have never been so close.

"Rockets were fired earlier, but not so close. Now they were fired 300 meters from the man's house," Chernega claims.

The Ministry of Defense of Romania also reacted to the situation. According to the Ministry of Defense, "There is currently no possibility of a direct military threat to Romania's national territory or territorial waters."

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On the night of Wednesday, August 2, the Russian army launched 37 Shahed drones over Ukraine, and the Ukrainian military managed to shoot down some of them. The Head of the Ukrainian State said this in his evening address.

At the same time, Russia attacked the port, industrial infrastructure, and an elevator at night in the south of Odesa.

"Another night of war, another night of the work of our heroic air defense. We defend ourselves with the maximum of our available forces. Many Shahed drones were shot down. Fortunately, there were no casualties," Zelensky reported on Telegram.

The military also showed the consequences of Russia's night attack on infrastructure facilities in the Odesa region. As a result of shelling in Odesa at night, almost 40,000 tons of grain, which were waiting for in Africa, China, and Israel, were damaged.

As Rubryka reported, on the night of August 2, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 23 Russian Shahed drones.